Patient engagement – Talking About Men's Health

“Men’s Health Isn’t Just Personal—It’s Structural:” Why This Conversation Matters Now More Than Ever

July 22, 2026May 28, 2026MHN EditorAdvocacy, Disparities, Editorials, Legislative, Policy, Public Policy, RegulatoryLeave a comment

This article highlights Dr. Dominick Shattuck’s discussion on *The Meaning of Men Podcast*, exploring how men’s health outcomes are influenced not only by personal choices but also by healthcare systems, policies, and social structures. The piece examines why many men disengage from preventive care, the importance of meeting men where they are, and strategies that can improve long-term healthcare engagement. Building on Dr. Shattuck’s insights, Men’s Health Network discusses why this conversation is especially timely amid growing awareness of the Lifespan Gender Gap and ongoing efforts to improve men’s health policy and preventive care. The article emphasizes that men’s health is not just an individual issue, but one that affects families, workplaces, communities, and society as a whole.Continue reading

I Saved a Man and He Saved Me

December 18, 2015December 14, 2015Dr. Paul Turek, Medical ContributorEvents, Fertility, Health, Testicular, Well-being

I learned something today. Something really important. About how to stick to your guns, how use your gut. About what it really means to be a doctor. And, what’s funny is that I didn’t have to cure a man of cancer to learn this, but simply rid him of pain. A tech engineer, he hailed...Continue reading

A Toast to the Jewels on World Vasectomy Day

November 6, 2015November 2, 2015Dr. Paul Turek, Medical ContributorFamily, Fatherhood, Health, Masculinity

You might think that publicly celebrating vasectomies is like celebrating root canals! But think about it. You have a root canal to relief pain and to be able to eat again, but you have vasectomy not only for you, but also for others, like family, and for the world at large. It’s taking one for...Continue reading

MicroTESE vs. FNA Mapping: Medieval or Modern?

October 23, 2015October 23, 2015Dr. Paul Turek, Medical ContributorFatherhood, Fertility, Health, Masculinity, Sex, Testicular

Put two experts in a room and give each of them the same problem to solve. What you’ll find is that they typically use similar “knowledge structures” and “heuristic strategies” (i.e. organized and principled thinking) and then proceed to break the problem into smaller, more digestible ones to solve it. But, despite similar cognitive approaches, the solutions...Continue reading

Am I Enough?

September 4, 2015August 31, 2015Dr. Paul Turek, Medical ContributorFertility, Growing Up, Health, Masculinity, Sex, Testicular

The case of the month is an actual patient of The Turek Clinic. He hailed from the Middle East. He cut a striking figure, in a Laurence Olivier kind of way. As a young doctor in his final years of training as a heart surgeon, he had issues with his “stuff.” Quite a few. Six...Continue reading

Are New Fathers Fatter?

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015Dr. Paul Turek, Medical ContributorFamily, Fatherhood, Growing Up, Health, Lifestyle, Masculinity, Parenting, Well-being

“It’s not about me anymore, is it Doc?” I hear this all the time from men I helped to become new Dads. New responsibility, new priorities, new love. Maybe that’s why having children has been called one of few “vertical moves” in life. While fatherhood changes many a life, it’s also no bed of roses....Continue reading

Size Really Does Matter… A Lot!

August 14, 2015August 17, 2015Dr. Paul Turek, Medical ContributorEducation, Growing Up, Health, Masculinity, Testicular

Ask a woman how many irregular periods she’ll have before she gets concerned or gets medical help. The answer is two, or maybe three at most. That fast. Do men have a similar barometer of health? Honestly, what besides pain or a threat-to-life brings young men to medical care? Answer: Not much. A Hard Example Nothing...Continue reading

Do My Du Mai

July 10, 2015July 13, 2015Dr. Paul Turek, Medical ContributorEducation, Family, Masculinity, Sex, Testosterone

Is there anything as amusing as watching Dr. Paul Turek do a double take? Picture us, at the Integrative Fertility Symposium in Vancouver, sharing the podium for an East/West panel discussion on Men’s Reproductive Health, and, as often happens, the conversation takes an inevitable turn towards the male erection. We were discussing the difficulty men might...Continue reading

Does It Really Have to Be This Hard?

May 29, 2015May 28, 2015Dr. Paul Turek, Medical ContributorEducation, Events, Health, Masculinity, Sex, Well-being

The case of the month is an actual patient of The Turek Clinic. He came into the office the day before I left town to lecture to endocrinologists from around the country about novel ways toincrease testosterone in men at their annual meeting in Nashville. The T Patient “Doc, I’m kinda down about things at this...Continue reading

East Meets West in Medicine

May 8, 2015May 4, 2015Dr. Paul Turek, Medical ContributorEducation, Health, Lifestyle

There I go again, a Western guy giving a lecture to an Eastern crowd. What team do I play on, you ask? In fact, I am honored to give a keynote at the First Integrative Fertility Symposium in Vancouver. Ok, call me a “swingman,” but the Easterners have a lot up their medical sleeves too....Continue reading